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Baseplates came up in another thread and it reminded me of a recent (small)
discovery.
Here in Oz, baseplates (32x32) are normally shelved in a yellow plastic
multi tray unit. Its got four or five horizontal shelves (kind of like
stacked in trays) which can accommodate, I don't now, a dozen twin baseplate
packs each.
Being always in need of more sea plates (what it is to be a piratey, eh?
:-), I tend to skim a finger down the stack whenever I pass one of these
units. Being a bit annoyed about not finding any for a few weeks, I had a
more detailed root around.
This unit has a vertical bay running down the back of the unit.
Obviously its about making sure the unit doesn't get pushed too far back on
a standard retail shelf.
Lo and behold, two very dusty sea baseplate packs.
I have no idea whether these units are used elsewhere on the planet,
although I doubt TLCs Australian volumes would have supported moulds for
what looks like a pretty custom unit. You may already have known this. I
didn't and it seemed worth mentioning.
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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Richard Parsons wrote in message ...
> Baseplates came up in another thread and it reminded me of a recent (small)
> discovery.
>
> Here in Oz, baseplates (32x32) are normally shelved in a yellow plastic
> multi tray unit. Its got four or five horizontal shelves (kind of like
> stacked in trays) which can accommodate, I don't now, a dozen twin • baseplate
> packs each.
>
> Being always in need of more sea plates (what it is to be a piratey, eh?
> :-), I tend to skim a finger down the stack whenever I pass one of these
> units. Being a bit annoyed about not finding any for a few weeks, I had a
> more detailed root around.
>
> This unit has a vertical bay running down the back of the unit.
>
> Obviously its about making sure the unit doesn't get pushed too far back on
> a standard retail shelf.
> Lo and behold, two very dusty sea baseplate packs.
>
> I have no idea whether these units are used elsewhere on the planet,
> although I doubt TLCs Australian volumes would have supported moulds for
> what looks like a pretty custom unit. You may already have known this. I
> didn't and it seemed worth mentioning.
In the US, the only rack I have seen is a cardboard box for the 48x48
baseplates (and I think also the Duplo base plates). At TRU, the 32x32
baseplates are in a wire rack (which may or may not be a TLC produced item).
At Walmart and K-Mart, the baseplates are just in a stack on the shelf (if
they have them).
Frank
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Are you just talking about those blue baseplates? They're everywhere here.
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Paul Davidson
Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:FnsHyt.GvM@lugnet.com...
> Baseplates came up in another thread and it reminded me of a recent • (small)
> discovery.
>
> Here in Oz, baseplates (32x32) are normally shelved in a yellow plastic
> multi tray unit. Its got four or five horizontal shelves (kind of like
> stacked in trays) which can accommodate, I don't now, a dozen twin • baseplate
> packs each.
>
> Being always in need of more sea plates (what it is to be a piratey, eh?
> :-), I tend to skim a finger down the stack whenever I pass one of these
> units. Being a bit annoyed about not finding any for a few weeks, I had a
> more detailed root around.
>
> This unit has a vertical bay running down the back of the unit.
>
> Obviously its about making sure the unit doesn't get pushed too far back • on
> a standard retail shelf.
> Lo and behold, two very dusty sea baseplate packs.
>
> I have no idea whether these units are used elsewhere on the planet,
> although I doubt TLCs Australian volumes would have supported moulds for
> what looks like a pretty custom unit. You may already have known this. I
> didn't and it seemed worth mentioning.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
>
>
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Paul Davidson wrote in message ...
> Are you just talking about those blue baseplates?
Yup. Just those blue baseplates. Lego System, single, standard size (32x32),
standard blue, two dimensional, "Sea Baseplate", Set Number 627, Ages 3-12,
made by Lego System A/S DK-7190 Billund, Denmark, Copyright 1996.
> They're everywhere here.
Mmmm, no doubt. Unfortunately, they simply aren't as everywhere here as
would suit _this_ little black kitten.
(Not that I'm particularly little-black-kitten-ish. I'm more
big-old-beige-&-brown-faithful-St-Bernard-dog-ish. Its just that Sylvester
came to mind for some reason, and I happen to be feeling way too relaxed to
bother kicking him out. This nice bottle of South Eastern Australian Pinot
Noir Chardonnay Brut - very clever :-)
And I appreciated your post in .general ;-)
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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